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Now here is something no other website can offer you: The Old Ridges Historical Society's Website

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[Keep in mind that none of the internal links on the pages work since the old site is defunct]

Oh, something else you can't get from any other source

TaDa: an Associated Press Clipping

Halloween Link, Hey! This is a new part!
http://enquirer.com/editions/1999/11/01/loc_athens_survives.html	Check it out! We made the Enquirer!

Ridges Links
http://www.ohiou.edu/outlook/10-30-02/ridges.htmlx	Watered down Ridges info for Alums and out-of-towners
http://www.geocities.com/ohio_lost/haunted_ohio.html	Page with Ridges info along with other interesting Ohio spooks
http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/archives3/oct00/102600/entertain2.html	The Post article: "The Ridges isn't that scary"
http://www.forgottenoh.com/Ridges/ridges.html	Interesting page, with consolidated information
http://www.spartechsoftware.com/dimensions/ghosts/AthensMentalHealth.htm	More of the same
http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/museum/history.htm	Kennedy Museum, very much worth a look
http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/athens/greens/theridges.html	Index of Ridges Buildings
http://www.viscom.ohiou.edu/athens/lnighswander6.html	Photo Tour of Some Ridges Buildings
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~er362997/ridges.htm	Great Page by Eric Root
http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx091/RidgesFrame.html	Appalachian Psychiatric Healthcare System
http://www.ohiou.edu/~ridges/	Super page about the Ridges, a must see
http://bernicle.freeservers.com/ridges.html	Site with good pictures taken a few years ago

Athens City, County and Ohio Links
http://www.athenscounty.com/	Hey kids! It's Athens County!
http://athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=9797	About Ridges preservation, not scary
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohathens/links.htm	Interesting Athens genealogical info, plus other stuff
http://www.ohiou.edu/news/outoday/stories/uptown.html	Another New one, about the Athena
http://www.athenslegends.org/	Legends of Athens
http://www.viscom.ohiou.edu/halloween/hauntedathens.html	Haunted Athens
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9241/haunted.html	South-Eastern Ohio's Hauntings, excellent page
http://www.prairieghosts.com/oh-athen.html	Ghosts of the Prairie
http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx023/	Athens County Historical Society and Museum
http://www.2rsite.com/HAUNTED.HTML	Haunted S. E. Ohio, maybe if it weren't so fancy everything would work
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/christymicheal/	More ghostly stuff about Ohio
http://www.hockinghills.com/	http://www.hockinghills.com Good general info
http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/gallery/history/history_photo_home.html	Superior historical pictures of our beloved Athens
http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/ODNR/Forests/stateforests/zaleski.htm	Zaleski is the place to be, but I'm still waiting for my first visit
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Aurora/8346/haunts.html	Haunted Ohio counties
http://www.geocities.com/ghostlyohio/	There are 3 copies of this floating around
http://www.geocities.com/forgottenohio/Counties/Athens/athenscounty.html	Haunted places in Athens County
http://www.geocities.com/forgottenohio/	Forgotten Ohio, lots of great content but a little hard to navigate
http://www.darkspire.org/asylums/southeast_oh/	A page about the Ridges w/ good links
http://ci.athens.oh.us/History/Legends/legends.html	Athens City Page, pretty good
http://www.ruhooked.com/features/OH_Athens.html	Mountain Biking page, nice
http://www.sjgr.org/haunted-places/ohio.htm	http://www.sjgr.org/haunted-places/ohio.htm

Moonville
http://home.fuse.net/moonville/	A very good Moonville page, check it out

Stories
Staking out the haunts	Staking out the haunts
Wilson Hall Has History of Paranormal Activity	Wilson Hall Has History of Paranormal Activity
Restless Spirits Haunt Area Cemeteries	Restless Spirits Haunt Area Cemeteries
Graveyard provides solace, history	Graveyard provides solace, history
Runaway Slave...Haunts AOPi Sorority House	Runaway Slave...Haunts AOPi Sorority House
http://www.ghosts.org/ohio.html	An email, ooohh spooky repetition of the same old stories
http://www.castleofspirits.com/mosthaunted.html	Another dorm story, freshmen...
http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~beery/ohio/	Some OU guy's page, complete with text swiped from the Post
http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/archives3/oct00/102600/entertain2.html	Article from the Post
http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/archives3/oct00/102600/column.html	Another article from the Post

Other Links
http://www.hauntedhalloween.com/halloween/haunted_houses/main.htm	A great big list of haunted stuff around the country
Ghosts of Ohio, but who really wants QuickTime anyway	Ghosts of Ohio, but who really wants QuickTime anyway
http://www.oushaft.com/	Not scary, funny
http://www.amazon.com/	Only the Classics

	Still want to get the content from those vanished pages? Well, it's not too late! I have personally saved these pages: Staking out the haunts Wilson Hall Has History of Paranormal Activity Restless Spirits Supposedly Haunt Area Cemeteries Graveyard provides solace, history Runaway Slave, Nicodemus, Haunts AOPi Sorority House [Want to know a secret? I've got hard copies of these, complete with images. Just to let you know]

My suggestions to you:

1. Read the Post

2. Search the Post online

3. Look at the spook file in Alden

4. Explore Athens!

5. Be friendly and ask a knowledgeable resident

6. Taking pictures is never a waste of money

7. Read The Headless Horseman by Washington Irving [it's not about Athens] but a great atmospheric yarn.

8. October, being most likely my favorite month contains Halloween. What's on TV around Halloween? CLASSIC MONSTER MOVIES!! Oh yeah! Watch, rent, borrow or buy any monster movie made before 1945 [preferably 1930s].

This is my disclaimer about campy monster movies:

[a] Sit though it, I think you'll enjoy the experience if you've the patience and a fun mindset.

[b] Get in the mood to watch, lights off, cider or beer in hand, maybe a candle lit, stormy night outside.

[c] The most important part: Give something a shot you wouldn't normally